 "Great item but...." | 2008-09-16 |
| - Reviewed By User: A12JF1M45OIDD2 |
| You can get this directly from the leapfrog.com site much more inexpensively and reliably than on here. I waited three weeks on amazon for this item before cancelling my order from amazon. I went to the leapfrog site, and a week later I had the item for a mere 99.99. |
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| "Out of my expectation" | 2008-09-02 |
| - Reviewed By stevenwwang |
| Pretty cool globe and contains multiple functions. My 1.5 year old daughter loves to play it with the music from all the countries. |
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 "Great Educational Value" | 2008-09-02 |
| - Reviewed By kaverhoff |
| I love this Leapfrog explorer Globe. The price has really come down over the years, so I finally caved in and bought one. My friends and I (all around 25 years old) have actually had competitions that really help us to learn a great deal about the earths geography. It's a little embarrassing how little we know about the locations of countries, but this globe makes the learning fun and VERY quick! |
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| "Excellent!" | 2008-07-29 |
| - Reviewed By User: AIBS9LLHJS16J |
| I bought this globe for my 7-year-old daughter, because she did not know the difference between Chicago and Chile. Only a few weeks after we started playing with games on this globe, she remembers most of major country names and locations. She also enjoys listening musics for each country. It is an excellent toy! |
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| "Kids love it" | 2008-07-01 |
| - Reviewed By kamj96 |
| Bought this toy as a birthday gift for my 2 boys ages 5 and 7. They both love pointing to all the different continents/countries and are learning places even I didn't know existed! The only problem so far (and we've only had the globe for a few days) is one time the pen wasn't working when we touched it to the globe, but after turning the globe off it restarted and has been working fine. Hopefully this won't continue to be a problem (considering the price of this toy there shouldn't be ANY problems), otherwise the toy is great! |
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| "Fun but not as exciting as anticipated" | 2008-05-29 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2J8A6FDXTPXB4 |
| 7 year old son asked for the globe, but doesn't play with it as much as Magnetix, Army tank, etc. I was hoping he'd be fascinated with learning non-stop, but he really only likes the music from different countries on the globe. |
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| "Write on this globe with a dry erase marker!" | 2008-04-20 |
| - Reviewed By suebattel |
A tip I learned from my toddler (a happy accident): The LeapFrog Explorer Smart Globe can be written on with a dry erase marker and wiped off.
I was angry when I saw that my 2-year-old had scribbled on her older sister's globe, but when I saw how easily it wiped off, I had the idea to intentionally write on it as we learn geography in our homeschool.
Our whole family loves this globe. My husband and I challenge each other with the games. Our 5-year-old tries to identify countries and see if she's correct, and our 2-year-old likes to tap randomly with the stylus and repeat whatever she hears. It can't be a bad thing when a 2-year-old says "Indonesia," right? |
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| "Fun and educational!" | 2008-03-26 |
| - Reviewed By User: A12MSDBWEURBYO |
| I bought this for my son's 9th birthday and he loves it! Our whole family has enjoyed playing the challenge games and my son is becoming hard to beat. We're all learning more about geography and the challenges help us to learn new places. I definitely recommend this for school-age kids (and their parents). |
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| "A World of Fun" | 2008-03-08 |
| - Reviewed By User: A25QZIFUKU4MBV |
The learning Globe has provided my grandson's, aged 6 & 5, many hours of fun and learning.
They have learned so much about the continents and capitals of the many countries they "visit". It is one of their favorite toys. The only problem is that I need to study up on my knowledge of the world now!!!!! |
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| "Just awesome - a superb way to make geographic study totally FUN!" | 2008-02-08 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1F7SX3GNVBNE3 |
Leap Frog's Explorer Smart Globe is a brilliant and fairly simple concept. The pen allows you to click on a feature on the globe and the computer gives you information. The categories of information available - country, capital, state, time zone, currency, music, distance between two points - are all very good. Having the voice pronounce some of those difficult foreign names is helpful - and sometimes hilarious. The genius happens with the quiz games. You can choose category (continents, countries, capitals, mixed) and set degree of difficulty and number of players. The games are a great way to groove that knowledge in. If you have difficulty finding the answer to the question the globe gives you hints!
We had this in the house for a few years while my oldest was 4-6 and it was mainly used for reference and listing to the music of the world. When my son turned 7 this toy really caught fire. He started playing the continents quiz and started to really love it. We organized a team to compete in the geography bee at his elementary school and then this thing emerged as a serious study tool (along with the Internet and Atlases and other study aids). It's a killer study aid and permanent fixture in the center of the dinner table. Grown ups find it irresistible - probably even more than the kids.
Over the years this thing has taken some serious punishment. It has stood up surprisingly well given the relatively low cost and mostly plastic build. Sometimes, in the last few months the pen touches are not recognized - which is remedied by turning the unit on and off (it may just need new batteries). If you hold the globe up on its axis some internal wire doesn't make a connection and the pen touch isn't seen - you have to let the globe sit down on its spindle. The point is that once you put it down it works fine and all this abuse doesn't break it. Battery life is excellent. I think it's had only a single change of batteries in the 3 years we've owned it. All in all this has been an incredibly valuable and educational toy (and continues to be so). IF and when it finally breaks I'm going to go right out and get another on right away. |
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